Napa Valley Classic starts on Friday with four Illini (Hoh, Gosea, Kopinski, Page) taking part with players from five other universities and eight selected juniors. Round Robin and then a shootout decides who gets the wildcard to a Futures tournament.

Rajeev Ram wins both singles and doubles 1st round at ATP St. Petersburg. Nevolo wins both singles and doubles at Futures in CA. Rowe lost both 1st round matches. Roelofse still in doubles in Turkey challenger.

Kevin Anderson posts another open letter about the accusations that he was not honest about Davis Cup decision. Hopefully truth will prevail but I'm starting to doubt it. Hopefully Anderson can move on.

Nevolo and Rowe both get to the Irvine Futures semifinals. They are on opposites sides of the draw so they could meet in the finals. They have both advanced to the quarterfinals of the singles as well.
Roelofse also is in the doubles semifinals and singles quarterfinals of the Kuwait Futures.
Gonzales lost in the 2nd round of singles but has advanced to the doubles semifinals.

Illinois just finished resurfacing their outdoor courts to get ready for next year's ncaa championships. Not sure about the color scheme (thought it was blue and light blue) but at least they're making an effort to get ready as best they can.

Kevin Anderson is playing in the Shanghai Masters this week and won his first round match. His 2nd round is against old college rival John Isner. Anderson has won the last two so it should be a good one.

Anderson fought a great match against #12th-ranked John Isner, losing 6-7 (4), 7-6 ( 8 ), 6-7 (7). Anderson held three match points at 6-4, and 7-6 in the third set tiebreaker but couldn’t close it out.

Thanks! They haven't updated their website yet so I wasn't sure. I'm close enough to try to go to at least one day of play if I can figure out how to get away from the kids. Any guess when a draw would be posted somewhere?

The draws for the Regional Championships have been released. All nine Illini are in the draws. Hoh was seeded No. 11, Hiltzik is No. 13 and Abdelnour is at No. 14.. Five other Illini are unseeded while Jesse and Childers are in the qualifying draw. Play starts Thursday, October 18. Good luck to the Illini!

The women's qualifying draw has also been released. Kedzierski, O'Connor and Jamieson are playing for a spot in the main draw. Good luck to the ladies!

At the 2nd day of the ITA ******* Regionals, six Illini men and all four Illini men's doubles advance to the 2nd round! On the women's side, Kopinski/White advance to the final 16. Women's singles main draw starts today. Go Illini!